2017 in Albania

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The following lists events in the year 2017 in Albania.

Incumbents

• President: Bujar Nishani (until April 28), Ilir Meta (from April 28)
• Prime Minister: Edi Rama
• Deputy Prime Minister:
  • until 22 May: Niko Peleshi
  • 22 May-13 September: Ledina Mandia
  • from 13 September: Senida Mesi

Events

February

• 18 February - The opposition during a protest held in Tirana, announced that all the opposition parties will boycott the parliament because of the current situation in the country.

March

• 12 March - Four ministers of the government resign amid corruption accusations by the opposition.^[1]

April

• 4 April - The opposition announced that the opposition parties would boycott the
  June legislative elections
  if their demands are not met.
• 28 April - The fourth round of the
  Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic and former Prime Minister Ilir Meta as President of Albania
  with 87 votes.

• 9 May - Albania competes in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with Lindita Halimi and her song World but fails to qualify for the grand final
• 18 May - Political leaders met in Tirana, accepting the package deal offered by the EU and US. The political crisis came to an end.
• 23 May - New caretaker
  government voted in the parliament. Six ministers and the vice-prime minister, proposed by the opposition, were voted by majority.^[2]

• 25 June -
  Voters go to the polls to vote in a parliamentary election which would determine the EU's enlargement with Albania joining.^[3]

• 1 December At least one person dies after heavy flooding with another three injured and 18 homes destroyed.[4]

Deaths

• 3 February – Dritëro Agolli, writer and politician (b. 1931).^{[citation needed]}

References